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As part of the concepting offered by Collier Jones, and based on feedback and research from the field, I thought I'd pull together a few concepts for a UP3 skin & theme overhall.
I hope to provide as much background information to these designs and ideas as possible, so keep checking back if you're interested.
In the meanwhile, here are some screens with a few call-outs. Much of this stuff dovetails into what Collier has already started, so please check out his concepting also.
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1) Quick Navigation Menu
This AJAX enabled selector menu can be used to navigate all portlets in a users layout. By selecting a portlet, uPortal should focus that portlet view for the user. This feature would give users persistent access to any portlet in the portal from one easy location. Depending on how this would be implemented, it may help disabled users since the screen reader would hit this list first.
2) Updated Logo
This is an optional logo that could be used in place of the current logo. Click here for more information on this subject.
3) Admin. Tools Menu
Users with administrative privileges would get this menu. This menu would list all of the administrative tools/portlet (i.e. Groups Manager, Channel Manager, Etc.) in uPortal. Ultimately, I would like to see a portlet that consolidates a dashboard view into all of these tools much like Mambo's back end UI. And ideally, all of these tools should be completely re-designed to create a cohesive user experience across all of the workflows – but that's another discussion. |
